"One of the biggest decisions parents face with their children is who they entrust to educate them. Being a family with Christian values, we have been blessed to have a school like Trinity Christian Academy to assist us in instilling those values in their hearts."
Mark and Valerie Johnstone,
TCA parents of Foster, Mary Parker and Wells
Students in Trinity Christian Academy's PreKindergarten - Fifth Grade receive a discipline-based art curriculum that provides age appropriate art experiences. The visual arts are taught from a Biblical perspective. Students work with a variety of media. Basic concepts include art vocabulary, lives of artists, elements of art, color wheel principles, and imitating master works.
Trinity Christian Academy art students have successfully participated in The Jackson Sun's Design an Ad contest and The Jackson Symphony Color of Music Contest. The students also provide artwork for the annual Heritage Banquet in the fall and the Open House in the spring.
Music plays a very important role in the life of students at Trinity Christian Academy. Our goal is to glorify God by engendering in our students a love of music, an appreciation for beauty as expressed through music, and by developing the God-given talents of each student. The Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten years are exploration years in music. Students learn to sing simple songs and play small instruments such as rhythm sticks. Concepts taught include echoing melodies, keeping a steady beat, recognizing simple rhythms and moving with the music. During the 1st – 3rd grade years, students are developing their singing voices. They also learn how to read music. Concepts include the staff and key signatures. Students also learn the instruments of the orchestra. Hymn histories are included in the curriculum as well as stories of well-known composers. At the 4th and 5th grade level students use their knowledge of the staff and time signatures to play music on recorders. The curriculum is called Recorder Karate. With each new skill they learn, they play off songs in order to earn belts. Students continue to learn hymn histories and stories of famous composers.
MUSIC ACTIVITIES